Hi I have just installed windows 7 and downloaded flight sim 9 again onto this new machine, I have now began the slow prossess of transfering all of my add on sceneries into the fresh install and my trouble is I am not able to get new scenery downloads into the flight sim. I have ran the .EXE for the scenery and it has loaded into the addon scenery file okay, some have installed directly into flight sim and these I can not move up or down in the priority list and get them to stay where i locate them, as each time i restart the flight sim program thay are back where the were placed on the original download. Also the scenery that has loaded into the add on scenery will not allow me to install it into the scenery area at all. Is this the norm with FS9 on windows 7 or do I need to do something else, I wish I had stayed with XP now Please help if you know what I need to do Geoff

Hi,Did you do the right thing and install FS9 outside of the Program Files folder?

Hi,Did you do the right thing and install FS9 outside of the Program Files folder?

hello Jim I installed FS9 from thr main disk set..In the same way I have installed it on evry machine I have ever used...neve had this before as I said now I can not move the scenary area list, if I move tham around to get Ultimate terrain to the lowest level above addon scenery when I resart FS its all gone back again, and files I have loaded to the add on scenery will not load into the FS at all Not sure what you mean by doing the right thing and install FS9 outside of the Program Files folder?geoff

Hi,Win 7 highly protects the Program Files folder from changes. That is why the changes you make are not sticking. Uninstall FS and reinstall it to something like C:\FS9. Yes, you need to chose Custom Install from the installation screen.Some things are just different in Win 7, not better, not worse, but just different.

Oh Dear I was affraid something like this wag going to happem.... Thanks Jim I will try it Geoff

Hi Im Back having just uninstalled fs9 and reinstalled as suggested to Comp-Flight sim and I am still not able to install into flight sim from the add-on file. If I go to scenery libraryAdd AreaAddon Scenery - (double click to open) and then click on a chosen scenery file and click OKit just opens the file to show the texture/scenery folders but it will not transfer it to the flight sim scenary area. I have no idea what I have done wrong so it still will not work Geoff

HiThis sounds very like an inherent bug with Windows 7 and scenery files - check this link:http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?205432-Windows-7-Scenery-Addon-Installation-Bug-FixRegardsGary

HiThis sounds very like an inherent bug with Windows 7 and scenery files - check this link:http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?205432-Windows-7-Scenery-Addon-Installation-Bug-FixRegardsGary

Gary Thanks mate......that was it